Increased Dividend Proposal Net Profit Dividend Growth: +12% (2) €2.65 €2.2bn 2,8 20 yrs 2,4 CAGR As published Dividend(1) 2,0 +9.5% in € per share 1,6 1,2 +19.3% +10% 0,8 0,4 0,0 As published Excluding non-cash 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 non-recurring items & taxes (1) Historical data adjusted for attribution of free shares and for a factor 0.974 reflecting the value of the rights of the capital increase completed in October 2016 (2) Subject to approval at the combined shareholders’ meeting scheduled for 16 May 2018 15 February 2018 Full Year 2017 Results The world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health 6